SPRINGFIELD – Police continue to search for an apparently apologetic man who allegedly robbed a woman at gunpoint early Monday afternoon while she was working a food cart in the Forest Park neighborhood.

Police said the suspect, a white male who brandished what appeared to be a black semiautomatic handgun, told the 25-yearold woman “I am sorry,” before fleeing the scene.

Police, posting on the department’s Facebook page, said the armed robbery occurred about 1:10 p.m. at White Street and Belmont Avenue.

The suspect, who appeared to be 30- to 40-years-old, approached the cart and asked for an orange juice. Then he pulled out the gun, told the woman not to call police and made off with an undisclosed sum of cash.

The suspect is described as about 5 feet 9 inches tall, 190 pounds, with dirty blonde hair and wearing a greenish-brown shirt and a black ball cap.

The woman thought the suspect might have been drunk or on drugs.

Those with information about the armed robbery are asked to call the Detective Bureau at (413) 787-6355

Those who wish to remain anonymous may text a tip via a cell phone by addressing a text message to “CRIMES,” or “274637,” and then begin the body of the message with the word “SOLVE.”